The southern flannel moths likes to feed on elms, maples, hackberries, hollies, oaks, and sycamores, according to the NC State Extension. Kelly Stoj Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ecology at ...

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects commonly talked about in North Carolina during the warmer months. Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil temperatures ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Think your summer is all sunshine and sweet tea? Not if North Carolina’s most notorious bugs have anything to say about it. The state ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina is in the middle of a hot summer, which means it won’t be long before annual cicadas make their first appearance of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Asian needle ants peak in midsummer and can cause serious allergic reactions. No-see-ums and Asian tiger mosquitoes thrive in warm, ...

Asian needle ants peak in midsummer and can cause serious allergic reactions. No-see-ums and Asian tiger mosquitoes thrive in warm, wet environments statewide. Prevent stings by eliminating standing ...